Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Cuddling |
CuddlingNoun1. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cuddling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: CuddlingSynonyms: caressing (n), fondling (n), hugging (n), kissing (n), necking (n), petting (n), smooching (n), snuggling (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cuddling |
| English words defined with "cuddling": cuddlesome, cuddly ♦ smooch, snog, spoon. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a stuffed toy when he sleeps, I will eat him! (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) We only like it if it leads to you know lower cuddling. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hugging, touching, holding, and cuddling may become more important, while sexual intercourse may become less important. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cuddling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.10% of the time. "Cuddling" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 95.1% | 97 | 33,269 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.94% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.96% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 102 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuddling | 38 |
couple cuddling | 3 |
couple cuddling pic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cuddling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lemmiskely (love-making, necking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | schmusen (canoodle, cuddle, neck, smooch, spoon, to smooch), geschmuse (canoodling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uddlingcay giugiulealã (fondling). (various references) sarılma (clasp, convolution, cuddle, embrace, grapple, hug, hugging, twine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Cuddling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: codddling, crudding, Cruidlin, cudding. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cuddling" (pronounced ku"dling) |
| 4 | -d l i ng | dawdling, fiddling, foundling, groundling, handling, kindling, mishandling, needling, panhandling, Pindling, rekindling, Sandling, seedling, straddling, swindling, toddling, twiddling, unbundling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-g-i-l-n-u" | |
-2 letters: cluing, duding. | |
-3 letters: cling, clung, cuing, guild, lucid, ludic, lungi, undid. | |
-4 letters: ding, duci, dung, gild, guid, iglu, ling, lung, unci. | |
-5 letters: cig, cud, did, dig, din, dud, dug, dui, dun, gid, gin, gnu, gul, gun, lid, lin, lug, nil. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-g-i-l-n-u" | |
+5 letters: bloodcurdling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.